Scraper-blade attachment for brooms



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Application mea october 9, 192s." seriar'No. 311,348.

screws or the like.

An important object'of the invention re' sides in the provision of a scraping blade attachment comprising a plate adapted to repose upon the head of the brush and formed with an integral plate and bendable prongs adapted to be embedded in saidhead to assist in holding the attachment associated with the brush, the handle of the latter being also employed to cooperate with the bendable prongs for holding the attachment immovably positioned upon the head.

A further object of the invention resides in the provision of an attachment of the class in question which is designed to accommodate itself with different size brushes.

Other objects and advantages will appear when the following detail description is read in connection with the accompanying drawing, the invention residing in the construction, combination and arrangement of parts as claimed.

In the drawing forming part of this ap-` plication like numerals of reference indicate similar parts in the several views and wherein:

. Figure l is a view of a brush broom showing the invention associated therewith.

Figure 2 is a transverse sectional view 50 .Referring to thedrawing in detail 10 inhereinafter described.'

dicates the head of a brush broom of ordinary 4^ y well known construction, the'upper surface of which is curved as illustrated, while the head 10 is provided with a threaded opening to accommodate the handley 11. The handle'. is'provided with'a reduced threaded eXtremity 12 adapted to be screwedinto the opening'in the head 10, and this reduced'extremity of courseprovides the 'handle with a shoulder 13, the purpose of which will be.

The vattachment comprises a platev 14 l y which may be constructed fromvany suitable material,"preferably 'thin highgrade steel, and which plate is preferably ofv the' outline illustrated in Figure il".` In other words the plate is formedwith 'a relatively wide portion adapted to 'extend across the head V10 for anappreciable distance, and also formed with a reducedinarrow portion extending in the l direction of the handle 11 when the attach- 1 mentv is associated with the brush head. This .reduced portion 15 is provided with a slot 16 of a size to receive the reduced threaded eX- .tension 12 of the handle 11, andrwhen the.y 1V plate is associated with the headlO, the slot 16 registers with the'opening in the brush head, so that the handle can be passed through they slot and screwed into said opening. However, the size ofthe opening is less thanthe diameterof the handle 11, so thatv when .fthe reducedrextremity 12 is screwed into the openingin thehead. l10, theshoulder A13 ofthe handle reposesupon the platei v1() at opposite sides of the slot lthereby impinging the plate between the head" 10 and the shoulder lito assist inholding the attachment fixed relatively to the broom. By

reason of theV Yslot '16, it ismanifest thatfthe attachment may be used.V with diiferentsize brushes, that is to say that the attachment can be associated with the brush-wherein the handle 11islocated on the head in a different po- V sition fromthat illustrated-in-the accomlpanying drawing.V vThe relatively lwide por.- `tion of the plate is slit along spaced parallel lines asV at 17, and the separated.l portion de-m y lme conform to the curvature of the Vhead 10, while the plate is further formed with bendable pointed prongs 19 which extend an appreciable kdistance beyond the blade 18 as clearly illustrated. These prongs are, adapted to be bent downwardly below the cutting edge of the blade, thence extended inwardly beneath the heady of the brush, .and finally have Vtheir pointed extremities driven upwardly into the head 10 as illustrated in Figure 2. Manifestly the prongs 19 and the handle 11 cooperate to hold the attachment fixed relatively on the head of the broom and at the same time permits the attachmentto be quickly and conveniently associated with the broom, or removed therefrom as theoccasion may require, as for instance when itis desired to removethe attachment from a worn broom and associate it with a new one. As above stated the attachment is very simple K in constructionand can be manufactured and sold at a nominal cost. I

While it is believed that from the foregoing description the nature and advantages of the invention will be readily understood, I desire to have it known that I1 do not limit myself to what is herein shown and described and that such changes may be resorted to when desired as fall within the scope of what is claimed. Y

What is claimed is: r Y 1. A scraping blade attachment forbrooms comprising a plate curvedlongitudinally to e Y accommodate itself tothe head of the broom i upon which it is adapted to repose, a blade formed onone edge of theplate and oset with relation thereto, and means including bendable prongs `arranged at the opposlte sides of the blade and adapted to be embedded in the end face of the head of the broom for holding the plate fixed relatively to said head.

2. The combination with a broom having a head formed with an opening therein, and a handle having a reduced threaded eXtremity adapted to be screwed into saidy opening,

of a scraper blade attachment comprising a plate shaped toconformto theconliguration Y Y l of said head upon which the plate is adapted to repose, said plate having alongitudinal slot adapted to register with said opening and through which the handle isfadapted to be passed, whereby said handle impinges the plate therebetween and said head to assist in holding the plate associated with the broom,V

a blade formedvon said plate andoflset with relation thereto, and bendable prongs Y carried bythe plate at opposite endsof the blade A and adapted to be embedded the under side of the head to assist said handle in holding thek attachment fixed, relatively to "the 1 head. f

Intestimony whereof I alhx my signature.

vHERMAN s, JoHNs.` i 

